Industry Advisory Board

Chandan Economics' Academic and Industry Advisory Boards are comprised of eminent academic researchers and commercial real estate industry leaders, representing an extraordinary depth and breadth of experience and insight. These individuals provide Chandan Economics with access to unique and fully independent perspectives on policy and regulatory issues as well as current and prospective trends in the real estate industry.

Bill Hoffman is President and Chief Executive Officer of Trigild, the commercial real estate industry's leader in non-performing loan management. Mr. Hoffman has over 30 years of experience as an attorney and has served as the court-appointed receiver for over 1,500 assets, among them hotels, commercial office buildings, retail shopping centers, residential projects, and restaurants. Serving on the American Bar Association's Hotels, Resorts & Tourism Executive Committee, Mr. Hoffman's unique blend of expertise in management, law, and real estate has led State and Federal Courts to appoint him as Receiver, Trustee or Custodian for troubled real estate assets across North America.

Founder and President of Axiometrics, Ron Johnsey has over 25 years of experience in the development, financing, marketing, and management of commercial and residential properties in markets across the United States. During his career, he has built, acquired, financed, and managed over $1.0 billion of real estate. Under Mr. Johnsey's stewardship, the Axiometrics database, updated monthly, has grown into the real estate industry's most trusted repository of information and trends relating to the performance of multifamily assets. The database includes properties and portfolios owned by both private and listed apartment REITs, as well as properties owned and managed by private investors, developers, and management companies in 305 markets and totaling more than 4.8 million units.

Jared Kushner is a principal of Kushner Companies, a diversified private real estate organization involved in the ownership, development, redevelopment and management of prime single and multifamily housing, commercial, retail, industrial and hotel properties. At 30, Mr Kushner has been involved in over $4.5 billion of real estate transactions, including Kushner Companies' acquisition of the landmark 666 Fifth Avenue. Mr Kushner is currently the Chairman and Publisher of the Observer Media Group, which includes in its holdings the venerable New York Observer. Read by an audience of affluent, educated, and influential consumers, the weekly paper offers insightful coverage of politics, finance, media, real estate, culture and entertainment in Manhattan. Mr Kushner graduated with Honors from Harvard University and was awarded JD and MBA degrees from New York University.

Kevin Maggiacomo serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sperry Van Ness International, and is responsible for the company’s mission, vision, and day-to-day operation. Facilitating the company’s expansion across the United States and beyond, Mr. Maggiacomo has grown Sperry Van Ness from seven cities in 2001, to more than 160 today. During his 10 year tenure leading various facets of the organization, Sperry Van Ness has been named one of the Most Innovative Brokerage Firms in North America by Realcomm, and named in Inc. Magazine’s list of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.